2012 Kibble, Dobbie winners announced

Wednesday, 25 July 2012 Books+Publishing

The winners of this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced.

The winner of the $30,000 Nita B Kibble Literary Award, which recognises the work of an established Australian female writer, is Five Bells by Gail Jones (Vintage). Five Bells was selected from a shortlist of three titles, which also included Animal People by Charlotte Wood (A&U) and Foal’s Bread by Gillian Mears (A&U).

The $5000 Dobbie Encouragement Award, which recognises ‘the accomplished work of a first published Australian female writer’, was presented to Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett (Hachette). Parrett’s book was also selected from a shortlist of three titles. The other titles shortlisted for this year’s Dobbie Award were End of the Night Girl by Amy T Matthews (Wakefield Press) and Bearings by Leah Swann (Affirm Press).

Last year’s Kibble and Dobbie Awards were presented to Reading by Moonlight: How Books Saved a Life by Brenda Walker (Penguin) and Night Street by Kristel Thornell (A&U).

More information about the Kibble and Dobbie Awards can be found online here.

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